president obama himself admitted to "the new york times" that there was no such thing as shovel-ready jobs. that's something he discovered and part of why the stimulus was such a failure. secondly, you have housing prices that still have not rebounded, and i think that's part of what's affecting seniors. but thirdly, i'd like to point out, that if you are cheering on these numbers, well then, it looks like sequestration, those budget cuts that we were told would be doom's day, that didn't come to pass. and maybe we need more of it. >> amy, let me get to you -- i have to get in john boehner this weekend. >> yeah. >> his request, or his advice, to some fellow republicans they should be more, quote, sensitive when talking to or about women, and supportive of gay candidates. i mean, is it not indicative -- i mean, if you have to instruct fellow republicans to be "sensitive to women" and when speaking to women, that there's a disconnect there, aside from possibly being a little condescending? >> well, i think we saw in this last election cycle there are a couple of candidates who had some